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Lincoln Paul Kopetski

Merit Financial Advisors

Alpharetta, GA

Tacoma, WA

CRD 3186668

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Merit Financial Advisors CRD 142457

$23.9B regulatory AUM 3 advisory clients

Reported services (Item 5G)

  • Financial planning
  • Portfolio management (individuals)
  • Portfolio management (institutions)
  • Pension consulting
  • Selection of other advisers
  • Educational seminars

From the firm’s Form ADV. Read the guides:

Current Employers
Merit Financial Advisors

2400 Lakeview Parkway Suite 550, Alpharetta, GA 30009 • United States

Current Registrations

AuthorityCategoryStatusDate
TX RA APPROVED 2026-01-28
WA RA APPROVED 2022-10-06
  • TX RA
    APPROVED
    Since 2026-01-28
  • WA RA
    APPROVED
    Since 2022-10-06

Branch Locations

2400 Lakeview Parkway Suite 550, Alpharetta, GA 30009 • United States

1919 N Pearl Street Suite B-2, Tacoma, WA 98406 • United States

Disclosures

1 disclosure category reported Yes on this SEC record. Read each Yes below, then review the firm’s Form ADV Item 11 guide for how disclosure questions work.

  • Regulatory action No
  • Criminal No
  • Bankruptcy No
  • Civil judicial No
  • Bond No
  • Judgment / lien No
  • Investigation No
  • Customer complaint Yes
  • Termination No
Employment History
OrganizationCityStateFromTo
U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc. Puyallup WA 07/2012 01/2019
Lpl Financial, Llc Tacoma WA 01/2019 08/2024
Triad Investment Management Tacoma WA 01/2019 09/2022
Merit Financial Advisors Alpharetta GA 09/2022 Present
Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments Albany NY 08/2024 Present
  • 07/2012 → 01/2019
    Puyallup, WA
  • 01/2019 → 08/2024
    Lpl Financial, Llc
    Tacoma, WA
  • 01/2019 → 09/2022
    Triad Investment Management
    Tacoma, WA
  • 09/2022 → Present
    Alpharetta, GA
  • 08/2024 → Present
    Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments
    Albany, NY
Previous Registrations
  • 2019-01-10 → 2022-10-05
    Triad Investment Management
    Tacoma, WA
    Issaquah, WA
  • 2012-07-30 → 2019-01-08
    Spanway, WA
    Tacoma, WA
    University Place, WA
    Tacoma, WA
    Tacoma, WA
    Puyallup, WA
    Puyallup, WA
    Sumner, WA
    Puyallup, WA
    Puyallup, WA
    Puyallup, WA
    Tacoma, WA
    Bonney Lake, WA
  • 2009-10-23 → 2012-08-01
    Tacoma, WA
    Tacoma, WA
    Seattle, WA
  • 2008-09-26 → 2009-10-23
    Banc Of America Investment Services, Inc.
    Tacoma, WA
    Seattle, WA
  • 2006-11-08 → 2008-09-30
    Tacoma, WA
Other Businesses

1 - Merit Financial Advisors; Yes; At Registered Location; RIA; IAR; 09/2022; 160; 130; Service Clients. 2 - Fixed Insurance; No; At Registered Location; Fixed/Traditional Insurance; Agent; 08/2024; 10; 10; Sales of Fixed/Traditional Insurance products. 3 - Chinook Services LLC; No; 2120 11th Ave NW Puyallup, WA 98371; Operating LLC/Support Company; Owner; 01/2022; 1; 0; Finance and Accounting - Business Entity for Tax/Investment purposes only. 4 - PKS. Investment Related. At the registered location. RR of BD. Commission compensation.

Exams
CodeExamDate
S66 Uniform Combined State Law Examination 1999-05-04
  • S66 Uniform Combined State Law Examination
    1999-05-04
Designations
  • Certified Financial Planner

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